School: Drumatemple (C.) (roll number 7055)
- Location:
- Drumatemple, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Treasa, Bean Uí Chuinn
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- (continued from previous page)knows her surname but they called her after the dagger which she carried.
During her time she was a terror to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood. It is not known where she died but there is a headstone in the cemetery of Templetogher which bears no name and it is thought that she is buried there.
Mary Noone,Curnamuckla, Ballymoe, Co. Galway
- Bird Lore
The birds which are in my district are Wrens, Robins, Thrushes, Blackbirds, Crows, Scald Crows, Larks, Seagulls, Gold Finches, Pigeons, Swallows, Yellow hammers, Wild Geese, Water Hens, Corn-Crakes, Sparrows, Chaff-Finches, Cabbage-Wrens, Willy-wagtail, and the Magpie. The Swallows, the Corn-crake, the Cuckoo, the May Plever and the Wild-geese emigrate.
The wren builds her nest under the eve of a house. The robin builds in the side of a ditch. A good singing thrush builds her nest close to the ground and a bad singer builds high in the bush. The blackbird builds in a(continues on next page) - Collector
- Janie Mc Neill
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gilkagh East, Co. Galway
